television By 879892 Apr 12, 1781 1781 :Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg creates the Eidophusikon which uses moving pictures to represent natural phenomena Period: Apr 12, 1781 to Apr 12, 2012 television tv great progresses Apr 12, 1807 Dr. William Hyde Wollaston invents the 'Camera Lucida' which projects the virtual image of an object onto a screen. Apr 12, 1872 A series of photographs can be viewed by stroboscopic disc Apr 12, 1907 Use of cathode ray tube to produce television images Apr 12, 1929 1929 Television is introduced in the United Kingdom and Germany Apr 12, 1936 First television broadcast made available in London Apr 12, 1938 Initial for color TV broadcast made by George Valensi.